Dr. Frank McAndrew

We like it better until it dips into that valley where it's almost exactly human, but it isn't.

Well, I haven't done any actual research on creepy guys other than my own personal experience.

But again, what you have to keep in mind, it's all about playing by the rules, you know, like not doing something that a normal person wouldn't do.

You're interested in this woman and you want her to like you.

But you're afraid she's going to reject you.

So you're all nervous to start with.

And so you get all twitchy and you're trying to be funnier than you are and smarter than you are.

The situation pulls creepy behaviors out of you that makes the woman start to think this is not a normal guy.

And if he doesn't understand these basic rules of interaction, what other rules doesn't he understand?

So it's all about...

Just being normal, you know, try to overcome your anxiety about approaching somebody and don't let that interfere with just being you.

Now, you also have to be conscious of you don't start touching people.

You don't start talking about sex right away.

There are certain things you got to do, right?

Or not do as the case may be.

That's a really good question.

One of the things we asked people in our original study, and this is about 1,300 people, do you think creepy people know they're creepy?

And overwhelmingly, the response was no.

They don't think creepy people understand that they're creepy.

Another interesting side effect of my having done some research on this is I get messages